EFCC reportedly on the trail of Edo Liaison Officers, other top officials
Some officials of Edo state government are reportedly being trailed by the EFCC.
The EFCC is in possession of a petition into which it has begun investigations.
The petition centres on alleged mismanagement of the finances of the state government.
Specifically, the petition to the EFCC by concerned Edo state indigenes raised issues of fraud, financial impropriety and pilfering of the resources of Edo people by agents and officials of Edo Government on the watch of Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu.
Serious concerns were raised in the petition of how Obaseki /Shaibu Government recklessly spend allocations from the Federal government on monthly basis.
The various local governments in the state were also not spared in the petition.
The recently appointed Liaison officers for the various LGAs who were given two hundred million naira (200,000,000) each for grading of roads from which they were to raise huge sums for election have also been invited for questioning.
The HoS of the local governments were alleged in the petition to be using frivolous sub-heads to siphon the left over of the the Federal allocation for them by the state government.
This is claimed to be responsible for why the impact of the local government administration is not felt in the state.
The Sobe farm project, which was a conduit pipe to steal Edo people’s resources by the state government, is also to be place under the searchlight by the EFCC.
A report by afemaireporters.com.ng said that this and other several reasons raised in the petition to the EFCC were reasons the anti-graft agency had opened investigations into Edo state finances.
The EFCC operatives are focusing on the SUBEB, the local Government service commission, LGA Liaison Officers, the HOS and engineers of the various local governments.
The constitution and activities of JAAC in the state are also being closely looked into.
Letters of invitations for questioning are said to be prepared by the EFCC for Jimoh Ijegbai who once served as commissioner of Local Government, the Accountant -General of the State .
Others being invited are the Liaison officers, HoS and engineers of the LGAs. (Afemai Reporters)
See the Petition below
